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Entering the Sacred River of Grief A community grief ritual A 2-week online ritual with Karla McLaren, Sherry Olander, and Tino Plank Saturday, April 11 to Sunday April 26, 2026 2 weeks culminating in a 3-day ritual – $250 In every life, there will be loss, death, and times of deep upheaval, and the healing … Read more
Newly updated! The newly revised Language of Emotions is now available, and Karla McLaren also updated her wonderful Language of Emotions Card Deck! These 25 cards help you work directly with the wisdom in your emotions, and they give you detailed insights into the 18 distinct emotions and the unique Empathic Mindfulness practices that help you … Read more
How to work with fear? This month’s Ask a DEI Professional question is about listening to fear. Our questioner writes: Hello! 🙂 I remember that I listened to my fear, but after a while I realized that I probably lost an important opportunity because it was really nothing to fear. Thanks for your question! We … Read more
by Sue Barclay, licensed Dynamic Emotional Integration® Professional I never used to think I had a problem with happiness, or that my relationship with happiness needed to heal or change. However, reading about happiness from a Dynamic Emotional Integration®(also known as DEI) perspective has helped me realise how often I have asked my happiness to … Read more
How do you work with toxic messages? This month’s Ask a DEI Professional question is about shame. Our questioner writes: If someone is carrying a lot of toxic shame internalized from the outside, does this inhibit the rise of authentic appropriate shame responding to the moment? I mean, does the toxic shame take the space … Read more
~ by Sherry Jean Olander, DEI Trainer & Consultant ~ If you’ve taken any courses or workshops here at Empathy Academy, you may have heard the term Elemental Balance or reference to “your elements.” Let’s take a closer look at what this means. The foundation of this concept is the understanding that human beings are … Read more
Do I approach shadow work differently when my hatred arises in response to abuse? This month’s Ask a DEI Professional question is about shadow work. Our questioner writes: Does shadow work have to be approached differently when hatred arises as a response to abuse (or perceived abuse) from a parent – either emotional, psychological, or … Read more
Emotional learning for everyone Pia Ault, MS, licensed Dynamic Emotional Integration® Trainer, shares her experience of providing an empathy workshop in Saudi Arabia. I was invited to hold a workshop on Dynamic Emotional Integration® in Saudi Arabia, at a large government university (male only) for managers and directors. As men and boys are typically part of … Read more
When feeling bittersweet during a celebration, how do I work with that? This month’s Ask a DEI Professional question is about mixed emotions. Our questioner writes: When a celebration time in life is bittersweet (i.e. someone you love isn’t there for whatever reason etc.), is the emotional goal to be present with joy and present … Read more
What’s new in the Fear Family? The work in the Dynamic Emotional Integration® model is certainly dynamic, because Karla McLaren and our DEI community are continually updating our knowledge through practice, research, and deep community conversations. The Fear family has seen the largest number of changes since Karla’s classic book, The Language of Emotions, came … Read more
